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Sean Dodd is a fan's favourite - a nice guy - but even he says he will unleash his bad side when he steps into the ring on Saturday night.

Masher has his sights firmly set on a second successive upset when he faces Scotty Cardle for the British lightweight tile at the ECHO Arena.

However, the man that has almost single-handedly sold out the event, says the animal inside him will see him take the Lonsdale belt back across the Mersey.

The Birkenhead man said: “Since the (Gary) Buckland fight people have been congratulating me, they're made up with that win, but I have gone straight back into camp and focused on this fight now.

“I'm not going to go and think I have done it just because I beat Gary Buckland. I would like to but I have a bigger opportunity now so I have stayed focused and haven't let it get to me.”

Sean Dodd weighs in

He added: “What I love about boxing is that we're all animals, we all have the need to survive and that instinct is also to fight. In boxing, I'm a nice humble person who likes to go out of my way to help people - it's just the way I have been brought up by my mum and dad."

It's not all Mr Nice Guy though.

“Getting in that ring, that's the time when you can be bad and fight and not get arrested for it,” he said. “I'm looking forward to getting in there and having a good scrap and have people say well done and then just go back to being a nice person. We all have two sides to us and I'm going to show the bad side in that ring.”

Six months ago, Dodd was eyeing a central area title – an English belt at best, but a crazy few weeks changed all that for the 31-year-old.

He said: “It's been a whirlwind. Six months ago, no way would I have thought I was fighting for a British title. I think at best it would have been for an area title and maybe to go on and box for the English title maybe.

The press conference ahead of Rocky Fielding and Callum Smith's boxing match for the vacant British Super-Middleweight title at the Echo Arena on Saturday night. Sean Dodd goes head to head with his opponent Scott Cardle ahead of the night.

“Things happen for a reason. I took the risk of fighting Gary Buckland and it has catapulted into this position and now I'm going to be British champion on Saturday evening and I can't believe it.”

Masher has sold a whopping 1,500 tickets for the show in a 10,000-seat arena, and he believes he could have sold more.

“I'm think I'm going to sell the place out soon,” he joked. “The amount of fans and support we have, we could do that, and that would be an achievement.”

He concluded: “I'm in great shape, feeling good and I'm just ready to go now.”